Tu or vous? Plus, what to say when someone “loses their tongue” 🍂

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

If you haven’t yet, we invite you to settle in with a cup of tea and watch Session 4 of Le Cercle de Bruno, which took place last Friday.

It was a joyful, thoughtful hour, and we would love for you to be part of it,

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The Secret Ingredient That Makes French Actually Stick

Dear French Story Listeners,

Here’s something I want you to sit with for a moment:

You don’t acquire a language by studying it.

Léandre et Héro – Jean-Joseph Taillasson (1745-1809) You acquire it by living inside it, even briefly,

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When a Story Stays With You

Dear French Story Listeners,

Have you ever read something — years ago, perhaps decades — and found that a line, an image, a character, has never quite left you?

That’s not an accident. That’s a living story at work.

Charlotte Mason,

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A 300-Year-Old Story About Friendship — and One Small Thing to Write Down

Dear French Story Listeners,

Have you ever had a friend who just got you? Who waited for you, even when you weren’t sure you deserved it?

This week’s story is for you

Les deux pigeons — The Two Pigeons — comes from Jean de La Fontaine,

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Louis Pasteur – Combat contre les maladies invisibles

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L’instant thé avec Céline Guerreiro : comment améliorer sa prononciation ?

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Dans la prairie de Pierre Coran

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